Their aim is to reduce people's dependency on the welfare state.

他们旨在减少人们对福利制度的依赖。

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The welfare state and the bond market have collided, and the welfare state is in retreat.

福利制度和债券市场发生冲突，福利制度只好退让。

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Little do they know that people found innovative ways of supporting each other before the welfare state existed.

他们不甚了解的是，在福利制度出现以前，人们其实已经找到一些实现相互支援的超前方法。

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Plus,the retirement age has been raised. But,many Germans say austerity must not cut too deep into their cherished welfare state.

VOA: standard.2010.06.16

He seems, in this way, to anticipate what we might think of as the modern welfare state that public assistance be provided, and the poor, not simply depend on the private goodwill of the others.

如此看来,霍布斯已经预见到了,我们现代社会国家福利制度的出现，穷人不只依靠个人的善意施舍度日,更多的是求助于国家提供的福利保障。

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Speakers called for promotion of a welfare state, free education,tax reform, and a reduction in excessive spending in areas such as the military and the promotion of labor politics.

VOA: standard.2009.03.09

Everywhere, an ageing population is starting to stretch the capacity of the welfare state.

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They seek to reform the reforms that brought us the welfare state to begin with.

FORBES: Uncle Sam's My Name, And Reform Is My Game

The central dynamic of the welfare state is constant redistribution and political reallocation of resources.

FORBES: The Fiscal Crisis Of The Welfare State